I guess I must be doing too much chimping... :-) My batteries don't last to long. I do like the K10D review function better than the *istDS. I can actually get a pretty good idea of sharpness with the zoom function. And of course, I'm still reading the instruction manual and looking at functions. All this burns battery juice.
A word of warning... I still don't like how the battery indicator works. It can go from 'Powered up with 2 black halves" to "full empty" in one shot. If your like me, turning on and off frequently, this is problematic. As the last battery ran out of juice, I could see 'half empty' at times on the display. This was never at "TurnOn/Power Up", but after writing a picture to the card. When the battery finally goes, the camera locks up and shows a warning screen. I've gotten several extra shots, one at a time, by cycling off and on again. Gives you a last chance to get that shot... Regards, Bob S. On 2/4/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW, the battery life on the D200 was supposed to be around 800-900 > shots, according to the reviews. > > At first, i was lucky to get 150 shots per battery. Now after a number > of cycles, i'm up to something like 300 shots per. > > Maybe the Pentax battery needs a few charges to get up to speed as well. > > Of course, i look at every shot during my horse shows and use AF and > VR, so that eats it up . > > Dave > > On 2/3/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 616 shots and the 2nd battery needs a recharge... > > I think the first one got 350 shots, so ~275 on the second. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On 2/3/07, Sandra Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not sure why, but I was sure I had to have one. So now I do. I added it > > > to > > > my collection of 4 other pentax slr bodies and 3 med format bodies. Now > > > why would a single person need that many camera's not counting the 3 point > > > and shoot pentax camera's I have. > > > On a different note. I love it. It is probably the best Camera I have > > > ever > > > shot with. > > > I have a few questions, Since I wasn't planning this I didn't keep up with > > > all the talk about it. > > > How long is the expected battery life? > > > And Raw? Raw kindof scares me... > > > I have read the first manuel once. The actual operating manual. I find > > > it > > > funny though. For some reason this camera takes pictures of everything. > > > Sami, doorknobs, tv's, Curious George stuffed dolls. I dont' think I have > > > had a camera that took that many pictures of that many different things > > > since my first pentax in 1995. I hope that with this one I can learn a lot > > > more than I learned with my last ones. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
